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Hugo had an awesome year and he probably had offers from every major brand. He is awesome to watch and he represents an untapped market in the Americas. I bet Joola spent their whole table tennis budget on him and are looking to get their money’s worth. Butterfly would take 3 years to get his...

I’ve already got grey market CNT rubber boosted to the gills on my forehand. It’s curled up like a pepperoni and it squirts on hard counter loops. My backhand rubber is a banned Dr. Neubauer from 15 years ago with the LARC numbers shaved off. And I hide my serves so well that only my wife and...

No, Trump has put a 90-day hold on his 145% tax on goods imported from China, leaving a new tax of 30%. He has not reinstated the de minimus exception. Expect to spend about $10 more on a sheet of H3.

I recently picked up one of these from Aliexpress on sale for less than $10. It was heavily warped. I tried sanding it flat but I sanded almost all the way through the top ply before it got close to flat. The carbon layer is also very thin, with no visible weave. ST handle weighed 83g. I bought...

PCR just means Post Consumer Recycled, it does not imply anything about formulation or density. You could have PCR ABS, PCR PET, PCR PP, etc..

The name could imply a triaxial fabric, which has hexagonal patterns created the triangular weave. Perhaps with aramid fibers as a component?

I just want to add that EJ is a social disease. My club mate bought a new setup, so he loaned me his old one for a week. I end up loving the feel of carbon so I then start shopping for a new blade. I get a new setup and I let another club mate hit a few with it. He loves it and the next session...

Finally had another session with the new rubbers. I like them now. I think I was cranky during the last session because the guy on the table next to me also had new rubber and was raving about how wonderful it was while I was dumping every shot into the net. To my credit however, I do think...

Definitely the heaviest racket I’ve played at just over 196g. It was closer to 185g with the old rubber. I’m sure the weight is playing a huge role here. I think the change in sound and vibration makes it feel more dull than it really is. Same with the handling, I think my timing was affected...

It would be unfair to name the new rubber. I don’t want someone finding this thread after a search and being swayed by my totally unfounded impressions after a few hours. My racket gained a bunch of weight during the change as well (old rubber was cut for a smaller head size), so that probably...

It is a story as old as time. Hubris has led me to buy outside of my skill level. I just had the first session with brand new rubbers and it wasn’t very much fun. Seems like every ball went into the net. My shots that actually landed were flat and unsafe. It’s hard for me to come up with...

How can a blade have a throw angle?

I’m neither an engineer nor a table tennis expert, but in terms of infographics, this graph would be normalized around paddle angle and stroke, in order to isolate the variable we are interested in — throw angle. You could normalize it around trajectory, and all the lines would be identical...